The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-29

present of e50,0O0 ton yeAn hence. Oh,
| remember tho apprehension and tremor OF on.
terng profession. ! remember very well
tho man who greeted me In tho ecclesiastical
court with tho tip ends of the long fingers Of
the left hand; and remember tho other man
who took my hand In both OF his and said:
"God bless you, my brother; you have OH
tered glorious profession; be faithful to
Cod and ho will sec you through" Why, !
feel this minute tho thrill Of that hand.
shaking, though tho man who gave mo tho
| Christian grip has been In heaven twenty five
| years, There arc old men to-day who can look
back to forty years ago, when son,o ono said
kind word to Them Now, old men, pay back
what you got then. 1t Is great art for old
men to DO able to encourage tho young. There
are many young people in our cities who havo
come from inland counties OF our own state
from tho granite hills Of the north, from tho
savannas OF the south, from the prair.es of
the west. They are hero to get their fortune.
They are in boarding houses, where everybody
seems to be thinking Of himself They want
companonship and they want Christian en-
enlargement. Give IL to them. My word is
to all clerks In this house: Be mightier than
your temptations. A Sandwich Islander used
TO think when he slew an enemy all the
Strength OF that enemy came into his own
right arm. And have to tell you that every
misfortune you conquer Is 80 much added to
your moral power. With omnipotence for a
lever, and the throne Of God for fulcrum,
you can move earth and heaven. While there
are other young men putting the cup OF sin to
their lips, stoop down and drink out of the
fountains OF God, and you will rise up strong
to thresh the mountains. The ancients used
to think that pearls were fallen raindrops,
which, touching the surface Of the sea, hard
ened into gems, then dropped to the bottom.
I have to tell you to-day that storms Of tria
have showered imperishable pearl into many
a young mans lap. Oh, young man! while
you have goods to sell, remember you havo
soul to save. In a hospital a Christian cap
tain, wounded few days before, got delirious,
and in the midnight hour he sprang out on
the floor Of the hospital! thinking he was in
the battle, crying: 'Come on, boys! For
ward! Charge" All, he was only battling
the specters Of his own brain. But it is no
imaginary conflict into which I call you,
young man, to-day. There are 10000 spirit
ual foes that would capture you. In
tho name of God, up and at them.
After the last store has been closed,
after the last bank has gone down, after the
shuttle OF the quick feet on the custom house
steps has stopped, after the long line of mer-
chantmen on the sea have taken sail of flame,
after Brooklyn and New York and London
and Vienna have gone down into the grave
where Thebes and Babylon and Tyre lay
buried, utter the great fire bells Of the Judg-
ment day have tolled at the burning of a
world-on that day all the affairs of banking
houses and stores will come up for inspection.
Oh, what all opening of account books Side
by side, the clerks and the men who employed
them-the people who owned thread and
needle stores on the same footing with the
Stewards and the Delanos and the Abbotts
and the Earrings. Every invoice made out
all the labels Of goods, all certificates of
stock, all lists Of prices, all private marks of
the firm now explained SO every body can I'M
derstand them. All the maps of cities that
were never built, but in which lots were sold.
All bargains. All gougings. All snap judg-
ments. All false entries. All adulteration
of liquors with copperas and strych-
nine. All mixing of teas and sugars
and coffees and syrups with cheaper
material. All embezzlement of trrst
funds. All swindles I'm coal and iron and
OF and silver and stocks. All Swartouts |
ard Huntingtons and Ketchums. On that |
day, when the cities of this world are smoking |
IN the last confiagration, the trial will 60 on;
and down in an avalanche of destruction will |
60 those who wronged man or woman, in
suited God and defied the Judgment. Oh, |
that will be great day for you, honest |
Christian clerk! No getting up early; no re-
firing late; no walking around with weary
limbs; but n mansion in which to live, and a |
realm of love and light and joy over which
to hold everlasting dominion Hoist him up
from glory TO glory, and from song to song,
and from throne to throne; for while others
go down into tho sea, with their gold like
mill stone hanging to their necks, this one
shall come up the heights of amethyst and
alabaster, holdingpin his right hand the pearl
Of great price in a sparkling, glittering,
flaming casket.